Excavated places

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Ancient City of Hunstanton Plateau

Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon

Ancient City of Hunstanton Plateau in Ancash, Peru is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) ancient city attributed to Jōmon culture.

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell

Jeitun

Neolithic (c.6200–5000 BCE; Pre-Pottery to Early Ceramic Neolithic) · Jeitun culture (Kopet Dag Neolithic, precursor to Anau–Namazga)

Jeitun at Kopet Dag north piedmont is the type-site of Jeitun culture (c.6200–5000 BCE) — earliest farming village in Central Asia with mudbrick pisé houses, do...

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell

Tell el-Pit-Gill

Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age

Tell el-Pit-Gill in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.

🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex

Temple of Wadi Settlement

Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid

Temple of Wadi Settlement in New South Wales, Australia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex

Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe

Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic

Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city

Sproxton-Broad Buried Settlement

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age

Sproxton-Broad Buried Settlement in Chiapas, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient village

Tiddis (Constantine) – Cliff Village

Punic–Numidian to Roman (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman

Dramatic cliff village on limestone spur 500 m above plain, Tiddis preserves Numidian houses, Mithraeum in cave, sanctuary of Saturn, and Roman arch framing Cirta view. Berthier ex...

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Cairn of Barnenez

Early to Middle Neolithic · Armorican Early Neolithic

Oldest passage grave complex in Brittany — 72 m cairn with eleven parallel passage graves c.4850 BCE.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site

Sunken City off Dyke

Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic

Sunken City off Dyke in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.

🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city

Calama (Guelma) – Theatre & Baths

Punic to Byzantine (4th c BCE – 7th c CE) · Punic / Numidian / Roman

Seybouse spa city with marble-lined north baths (45×35 m), hillside theatre (62 m) restored by Joly 1905, and Byzantine citadel reusing theatre seats. Hot aquae still flow 28°C.

🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Tel Floodplain Höyük

Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age

Tel Floodplain Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder

Gough's Cave

Palaeolithic–Mesolithic (50000–6000 BCE) · European Neolithic

Gough's Cave in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, United Kingdom is a major Palaeolithic to Holocene cave and fissure system renowned for stratified deposits spanning over 40,000 years.

🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith

Lindholm Høje

Germanic Iron Age to Viking Age · Late Iron Age Jutland / Viking Danes

Viking-age burial field at Aalborg with 682 graves and stone-ship settings preserved under sand since 1000 CE.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex

Temple of Bailey

Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic

Temple of Bailey in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Ixtlán del Río — Los Toriles Shaft Tomb Pyramid Nayarit

Late Classic shaft-tomb tradition to Postclassic (400 BCE–400 CE shafts; pyramid 700–900 CE Aztatlán) · Western Mexico Shaft Tomb → Aztatlán (Teuchitlán borrowing)

Ixtlán excavated by Corona Núñez 1940s, circular shaft tomb pyramid link to Teuchitlán guachimontones.

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Ruins of Dun Great

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Ruins of Dun Great in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.

🇮🇳 India · Fortress

Fortress of Midfield Henge

Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian

Fortress of Midfield Henge in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) fortress attributed to Mississippian culture.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Pyramid

Pyramid of Roxby Midden

Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative

Pyramid of Roxby Midden in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) pyramid attributed to Andean Formative culture.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Tumulus

Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force

Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca

Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) tumulus attributed to Nazca culture.

🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex

Borobudur Temple Compounds

Mataram Sailendra c.780–830 CE · Central Javanese Buddhist (Sailendra/Mataram)

Mahayana Buddhist mandala-mountain (c.775–825 CE) of Sailendra/early Mataram, 34.5 m high terraced pyramid with 2,672 relief panels (longest Buddhist narrative reliefs 2.5 km) and 504 Buddha statues.

🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder

Isimila

Early Stone Age Acheulean (260,000 BP) · Acheulean (Early Homo sapiens arch)

Isimila near Iringa is East Africa's richest Acheulean site, 260,000 BP, on eroded sandstone korongo (gullies) with 260,000 BP Acheulean handaxes 30 cm, cleavers and living floors with…